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Mashable - The Social Media Guide: Colton Harris Moore: Facebook’s New Folk Hero

  • Barry · 2 months ago
    This chillingly reminds me of Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers" -- the more crimes he commits, the more the media feeds into the frenzy and creates the anti-hero's legacy. Let's see if Colton's still a folk hero after he takes someone's life.
  • nic12 · 2 months ago
    Whatever, conformist
  • renzo785 · 1 month ago
    this kid has to have some help from a loyal friend.Maybe even has as much as 2 cell phones he could use...remember this guy stoled alot of money and high tech devices..He may end up trying to make it to Canada and change his identity..He's a pretty smart dude...I just hope he doesn't have to kill anybody or get killed himself in the process of escaping police at some point. I wish him luck on his journey that I think he doesn't know where it will lead him. God bless Calton harris Moore.
  • kendraroberts · 2 months ago
    He must be a Jesse James fan;)
  • pdenya · 2 months ago
    Why is this guy a folk hero and not just a criminal/terrible person?
  • Snook · 2 months ago
    This punks exploits makes me think of Catch Me If You Can.

    Edit: Which it appears from the video title, I am not the only one heh.
  • Jase · 1 month ago
    I knew colton harris-moore, he was in my grade, and I can tell you, this is nothing like the true story in the film "catch me if you can." Colton is not exploiting and system or finding loopholes in anything, he is just running around from cops. To say that he is as intelligent as Frank Abagnale is just not true.
  • Name · 1 month ago
    Excuse me, I meant exploiting ANY system or finding any loopholes.
  • danthecreator · 2 months ago
    This kid is nuts! It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt.
  • hoppysuz · 2 months ago
    I don't want to say bad things about anyone but does anyone realise that if he shoots at the police and such that they can and will shoot back. Then he is either dead or worse maybe paralysed. Or if he crashes one of those planes on a house or crashes into an airliner or something and kills a bunch of people then what. I know we all need some one to go againstthe system right now but this isn't funny it is really, really serious. His life is never going to be the same if someone doen t help him. This is not going to end well people.
  • Name · 1 month ago
    hes a product, of the times. Most cops are sadistic idiots, and they are obviously pissed off, my guess is they , will kill him! to satisfy there rage! My guess is hes not there, winters a coming, and id say south of the border, is a viable option!
  • Ridiculous · 3 weeks ago
    To say that most cops are sadistic idiots is ridiculous and unfair. You should be thankful that there are people who are willing to put their lives on the line for the rest of us every single day, in most cases making less money than many of the people that they are protecting who have nice safe jobs.

    I am still trying to understand how this kid became anything more than a criminal on the run that should be caught. Stealing is illegal, destroying other people's property is not only illegal but immoral. What gives him the right to steal things from others and destroy them.

    Last, he has fired a gun at the police. Are you kidding me, he's lucky he's not dead. What if he had hit one of the cops and killed him. What if that cop had a family, a wife, kids, etc. All now alone because this punk kid is out for a job ride and some ridiculous notion that he's a modern day Jesse James? He'l get caught or killed and deserves whatever punishment he receives.
  • ChrisInFla · 2 days ago
    And who said he shot at the police... let me guess, the police, and from what ive heard and read they arent sure it was him, 2 police were on patrol and heard a gunshot and now its blown out of proportion to "omg he shot at police" , no one seen him fire a shot.....
  • slimmfpickens · 1 month ago
    Were he allegedly shot at the police, I used to live there. It is out in the woods during hunting season don't think this kid is that dumb to be by himself with a bunch of cops after him to be firing shots. The police is using this so they can shoot him if sighted because there to dumb to catch him!
  • camanokat · 2 months ago
    There is no proof that Colt shot at anybody. The deputies could not find him in Granite Falls. Somebody reported hearing a shot. Big difference.

    I'm not defending him, as I'm pretty sure it was him and his bud Harley who stole things out of my house in 2004...they busted the back door lock...but let's be real here. He's a burglar, not Charles Manson.
  • coltonharrismoorefanclub.com · 2 months ago
    very true, police and media are blaming Colton, although he might not be responsible for everything! who know! only him can tell...
  • Gerry · 2 months ago
    People already taking advantage of this tragedy in the making:

    http://www.cafepress.com/FlyColtonFly

    Figures. Funny shirts, though.
  • Gerry · 2 months ago
    Actually the facebook fan club is here:

    http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=154285257...

    Old one is gone.
  • JM · 2 months ago
    So what happened to the old one that had almost 5,000 members last I check last night? It's the one linked in a lot of the news articles
  • JM · 2 months ago
    First hint of what happened to the old fan page: http://www.coltonharrismoorefanclub.com/?p=17&c...
  • JM · 2 months ago
    A little more information about the shutdown: http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/1...
  • JM · 2 months ago
  • JM · 2 months ago
    Anyone know why the Facebook group disappeared this morning?

    http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid...
  • JM · 2 months ago
    As well as being the one linked from this article I might add.
  • Jim · 2 months ago
    It ticks me off about how the sherrif's department releases info such as "they believe shots may have been fired"...let's get the facts straight rather trying to drum up media support. This guy is balsy to say the least, learning to fly from a video is incredible to say the least. My first solo came after 12 hours of intensive instruction from a seasoned war vet, and I was still sweaty nervous, but only slightly confident. The 3 hard landings probably shook this guy's confidence, but he has tenacity and doesn't give up. Gotta respect his drive to say the least. No wonder his following is growing!!!
  • John · 2 months ago
    I wish nothing but bad things to happen to this guy. He is such a cutie, the guys in prisons would love to have him.
  • Maid Marrian · 2 months ago
    Too bad he isn't more of a Robin Hood... :P
  • name0 · 1 month ago
    He's not probably not a hero, but a quite lonely boy.
  • Name · 1 month ago
    Exactly how does Colton remind you for "Natural Born Killers?" Not the same thing at all. How can you just assume he is going to take someone's life? Seriously, get some perspective. I don't agree with what he is doing. But to be honest, I do find it slightly amusing. I admit that if it were me, I probably wouldn't. I just hope no one gets hurt, including Colton.
  • ILoveYouColton · 1 month ago
    He is so cute. I would love for him to come and pick me up in a plane and we could both fly away to a far away land and get married.
  • Name · 1 month ago
    I used to work with this kid at the "half-way house" he escaped from. He's a hell of a kid. I remember talking with him about his dreams of becoming a pilot. Wrong or right, I'm on team Colton. Most of us just sit around talking about what we want and whining about the obstacles...he's making it happen.
  • me · 1 month ago
    rain and snow inthe mountains this week. any one seen stupid in the past month?? time to start checking the bear shit.
  • bigdrew · 2 weeks ago
    Oh, he wants to be a pilot? Awww. How touching. Too bad he's blown that now. Hey, there, pretty boy prison-bitch-to-be: how about USING the system to get into school or the military and learning to fly safely instead of screwing with everybody? Very little chance of that now, unfortunately.

    Eventually he will be caught, and the damn fool is so famous now that his only hope for anything resembling a comfortable, regular life is a huge wad of dangerous plastic surgery and a new identity, which he'd probably have to steal.

    And as for the cops being sadistic jerks who want to kill him, I'd like to hope that they understand the real punishment for him would be to LOSE the stolen freedom he's been living on since he started committing all these crimes and escaping from his various confinements.
  • bourne · 13 hours ago
    You're a moron and a douche bag; I hate you and hope you choke on a bag of smelly nigger dicks.
  • of nature not cloth · 2 days ago
    truth beknowit , Kids got life in him, needs to feel something else then society,he shoulders all these weights;puppet government, unjust wars and torture, war on drugs, draft, recession, etc, etc, etc .... hes got the police looking like fools......... "We think he fires a shot at us!!"" thats priceless ...
    more power to him....... burn bright
  • Kay · 1 day ago
    Yeah, real cute. People wouldn't be supporting him and saying "fly colton fly" if he stole from them, which he probably would if he had a good opportunity to do so. He's a mixed up little shit. Being a thief or stealing from people who work hard for what they have is not "cool".